The Retirement Thread

[Dave7]

Up on the moor.

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Down in the pub.

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Sunday lunch - £7.50

Not bad Dirk, not bad at all.
Head has gone by the 2nd photo but the grease would have done that.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Not bad Dirk, not bad at all.
Head has gone by the 2nd photo but the grease would have done that.

Or lipstick...

 

[BoldonLad]

Or lipstick...

Has @Dirk taken to wearing lipstick?

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

A bit like Welsh. Afon means river, but there is a river Afon, so river river. Legend has it that the misunderstanding goes back to Roman times when they asked what a particular river was called. It wasn't, it was just a river so when the locals replied Afon that's what they thought it was called (allegedly) don't quote me on that though.

My understanding is that Avon/Afon is from the Celtic British, or P-Brythonic, from which modern Welsh is descended. There’s a River River up here too, rises in the Cairngorms and flows into the Spey. In this case it’s written as Avon but pronounced A’an.

 

[pawl]

Ahhh the beautiful M69.

Nothing beautiful about the M 69.I avoid like the plague

 

[pawl]

I am not from here. Born across the Atlantic sea. Lived in Brum then moved to Powys.

Good choice

 

[Dave7]

Nothing beautiful about the M 69.I avoid like the plague

It was tongue in cheek

 

[pawl]

I was born in central London at the Middlesex hospital, then my parents moved up to Whetstone, North London after a year. Lived around Whetstone, New Southgate and Barnet for the past 62years.
Always a local lad . MrsP came from Whetstone also.

whetstone Leicestershire?

 

[12boy]

Another one out of place!
How many are from where they are now?

Conceived in Shanghai, born in Hollywood CA, then Bombay, Madras and the Kodai hills in Southern India. Then Albuquerque, Shiprock, Gallup and Las Vegas, all in New Mexico. Denver CO, Yankton SD, La Junta CO, and then Casper, WY. Thought I would stay here for a couple of years but it's been 28. Our sons are pressing us to move to Colorado but my wife's health would make that tough. The thought of being somewhere with all those people and the amount of driving needed to live there doesn't appeal at all, although it would be good to see the kids without driving for 5 hours.

 

[Paulus]

whetstone Leicestershire?

Whetstone, North London. Between Finchley and Barnet.

 

[BoldonLad]

@Mo1959 You have done it again!

Each day, I read something like:

Morning. Thinking about an early bimble or it will be like yesterday and I won't bother later. Roads are wet and still a slight drizzle though so it will just be a slow one on the hybrid with the mudguards. I like Sunday for taking it easy anyway, although not sure any exercise feels easy for me these days.

and think... great super-fit @Mo1959 is having a lazy day, I can post my piddling 20 mile ride.....

Then....

You post this!

Just back a cold and dreich 55 miles. Not bad for the hybrid and was glad of the mudguards on the wet and mucky sections. Think it will be an early lunch.

55 miles for goodness sake!

 

[numbnuts]

Morning afternoon evening

 

[classic33]

Morning afternoon evening

It's Today!

 

[oldwheels]

A bit like the river Avon, Avon being Norse for "River" so "River Avon" is a tautology ( in two different languages of course)

How many River Avons are there I wonder? Probably quite few but cannot be bothered collating them.

 

[oldwheels]

My understanding is that Avon/Afon is from the Celtic British, or P-Brythonic, from which modern Welsh is descended. There’s a River River up here too, rises in the Cairngorms and flows into the Spey. In this case it’s written as Avon but pronounced A’an.

There is also one near Maddiston which is not far from Falkirk. I lived there for a few years at primary school. A proper mining village then.